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Perhaps you've heard of this phrase "net neutrality". And about some tussle over it.
And perhaps you've let it slide from your consciousness, because it doesn't seem like it could concern you, especially in India.
But lend me your eyes for a few minutes and let me tell you how India's telcos and telecom regulators are trying to pull wool over them.
First, is there a problem now? Actually no. You've enjoyed the internet, the way it's supposed to be – freely and fully, till now. But in 16 days from the day I write this – April 22, 2015, the telecom regulators in India are preparing to recommend that it all change. Against you.
Here's what the big fight is all about.
Till recently, the telecom companies had enjoyed a great run in India, making tens of thousands of crores in profits over a long run, as India grew to 800 million mobile phone users from virtually nothing.
During this time, they've largely focused on selling voice minutes – while at the back end they have been using voice over internet protocol (or VOIP) to connect with other telcos and deliver calls using the internet. And given that the cost of VOIP is a tiny fraction of the cost of traditional voice calls they were charging, they raked in the moolah.
But, now thanks to the likes of WhatsApp and Skype and Google Hangouts, consumers can get the same voice calls delivered at internet prices, direct to their handsets. And this has the telcos running scared. Their margins are eroding.
So now the telcos want to charge for the internet differently, based on how you use it. By now you're saying – sure, if I use more bits and bytes, I'm ready to pay more. Actually, as bandwidth is infinite, the cost of bandwidth goes down globally all the time, you rarely pay more. But the telcos know this.
No – this is different – they want the right to charge what they want, when they want and how they want, with no logic whatsoever. In effect, if Airtel doesn't like YouTube but wants to push its own video app Wynk – it wants the right to offer that for free while charging you a bomb to access YouTube.
One of our telcos, Reliance, has already gone ahead with this Facebook-driven evil scheme called Internet.org – where you can access Bing for free, but you have to pay to access Google – and you have access to BabaJobs for free, while you have to pay for Naukri.com. They've sold it as a "solution for poor countries" but what they really mean is that it's a "solution to keep countries poor".
This breaks the very nature of the Internet.
In the US, this kind of differential pricing at whim has been made illegal. The US government has ruled strongly in favour of net neutrality.
But in India, the telcos have managed to get one person to write a "consultation paper" on behalf of the supposedly-independent TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) asking for public opinion on allowing telcos to break net neutrality.
The note – which is terribly written, and deeply biased – is here– and if you don't want to read through 117 pages of shoddily-written propaganda full of deliberately confusing jargon, there's a much shorter summary by my friend @Nikhil Pahwa of Medianama here and a set of answers to frequently-asked questions here.
But if you want the really, really, really short summary, here is logic in the TRAI paper: Telcos have invested lots of money to build out the network. They used to make a lot of money off it. But now other people are making money on this network, because they innovated while the telcos did not – so this is a bad thing. So we need to let telcos charge people however they want so telcos can make the money they need. Basically: poor telcos. Sob, sob, sniff, sniff.
This TRAI Consultation Paper is a load of complete bullshit.
For the following reasons. The first fallacy: that the telcos did us a favour. To start with, the airwaves are ours, the people of India's. Telcos bid for and paid a license fee to our representatives, the government of India, to temporarily license our airwaves to sell their networks on it. So building out the telecom network in India wasn't a favour someone did for us – we asked these firms to do it and they paid us for it and profit from it. They knew what they were buying, they paid for it, and they got it. Now the world has moved past their fat margins on their outdated technologies, and they've failed to innovate. Other people, not telcos, have built WhatsApp and Skype. Their problem. Not ours.
Second fallacy, these firms are hurting financially. Nonsense again. Look at the publicly-quoted revenue figures of Indian telcos – and you'll find that, like in any other business, some did very well, some did very badly and others did middlingly okay. Like in any other business. And look at them historically – they've all more than recovered the amounts they bid for the spectrum. No one is in the poorhouse. And even if they get into the poorhouse in the future, we don't have any sovereign duty to help them out. Business is Darwinian. They didn't innovate, we don't need to bail them out.
Third fallacy, that there is a natural reason we need to be telco-friendly as technology changes. Nope again. Consider this analogy. We own our water. Let's say we want to license a firm or set of firms to distribute our water to residents across town. Some private and public firms, after open and transparent bidding, get these licenses. They distribute water, charge for it and all is well.
Now, after a little while, one person who gets water decides to use it to make soft drinks. He uses more water, and pays for it, at the agreed-to rate. And he sells the soft drinks. Another uses the water, pays for it, and sets up beautiful water fountains that people pay him to come and see. A third uses the water, pays for it, and opens a water park, where kids come and enjoy themselves.
Now imagine that the water distribution companies could have done any and all of these things all along – but chose not to. Now they get jealous of these other businesses – and want to be allowed to charge soft-drink users and water-park visitors any fee, without any logic, without it being based on water usage.
Another analogy. Imagine if your electricity distribution companies – Tata or Reliance / BSES or whoever would suddenly get up and start charging more for electricity from you if you used efficient light bulbs, or if you were used appliances that consumed less electricity. Because they made less money as a result of your smartness.
You'd say it was ridiculous. It is.
The TRAI paper is trying to make a make-believe case that telcos and ISPs who chose not to innovate should be compensated for their incompetence.
What can we end up with if we allow this to pass?
Once, shoddier products. Like Reliance and Facebook who are together offering Facebook for free and Twitter at a price, or Babajobs free but asking you to pay to access Naukri, or forcing you to use Bing because it is free unlike Google – allowing anti-net-neutrality will make our internet experience worse. And I say this, not because I have any grudge against Facebook, Babajobs and Bing – but because I think we consumers should have the ability to pick whichever social network, job site and search engine we want – and not leave it to some rapacious telco or social network to decide what we should use.
Two, higher bills. It's one thing to charge for bandwidth – and no one should have a problem with that. The price of that is falling anyway, as it should. Today, I have a 2 mbps connection at home for the same amount that I used to have a 256 kbps connection a few years ago. And I'm happy to pay for 10mbps too, if it comes to my home or my phone and does so at price I can afford. Or I can choose to save money and stay at 2 mbps as it becomes cheaper. It's my choice.
But it is completely wrong for me to have to pay Airtel or Vodafone or some ISP any money to specifically access YouTube, or Skype, or any particular site that they decide to charge for at their whim and fancy. These folks are the pipe-layers and their job is to push stuff through the pipes – which we can pay for, based on how much of the stuff they push is used by us. They have no other rights.
What we do with the bandwidth must be up to us, not up to some profiteering telecom tycoon in Gurgaon or Mumbai.
So what can you do to help?
The telcos, their cosy cabal, the COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) and the author of the TRAI paper are trying to push through anti-net-neutrality in India.
My request to you is to do your little bit to stop it, and to ensure net neutrality.
There are a few things you can do. One – sign this petition over here
Two, write directly to TRAI at "email@example.com". The author of TRAI's paper may be biased – but it is a government body after all – and they have to listen to you. Here's one suggested text of what you can mail them – do modify at will:
Dear TRAI, I am writing to express my concern against the actions that telecom carriers are taking to restrict fair access to the internet (Net Neutrality). I believe the internet is a vital resource – it helps me communicate, work, and thrive as a citizen. If telecom operators can discriminate internet traffic on the basis of which services pay the most, we are allowing telcos control over a vital and necessary technological resource. By doing so we allow them to define what information we can view; what entertainment we can access; and how companies can innovate.
This is completely unfair and harms India's long term role in the global market. I strongly believe the growth of telecoms and the well-being of the internet can go hand-in-hand. I'm asking for a framework to ensure long term and fair access for all services regardless of size. I want my generation and those that come after me to have unfettered access to the Internet, with no telcos or ISPs having the ability to charge for specific services I use on top of it. Please understand that the internet is an important resource and vital to me and to every other Indian citizen. I would like to see it kept free and protected under Net Neutrality to ensure fair and equal access for all and forever. Regards, {Your Name}
Three, if you do have access to Ravi Shankar Prasad, the telecom minister – or anybody else in the ruling party – tell them that you believe strongly in net neutrality and that you expect the government to take a strong stand on it.
I don't have that access – so I can also suggest a fourth option: share this piece on LinkedIn, or on Facebook or on Twitter, or on email – and get it across to your others. Someone, somewhere who reads it can make a call, make a point, or make a big difference.
We have 2 weeks left. Let's not allow the telcos to get away with this.
And thank you for taking the time to read this.
(Mahesh Murthy is a marketer and investor. He tweets @maheshmurthy)


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When the Pentagon was wrestling with the idea of ending the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, the Marine Corps quickly came to be seen as the service most opposed to the change. After all, General James Amos said he feared lifting the ban would be a "distraction" that could lead to casualties on the battlefield.
But once the Marines got their marching orders, they saluted and began carrying them out. "The law has changed, we follow the law," Amos said after Congress voted to lift the ban. "We're the Marines, and that's what we do for a living." So perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that the Marine Corps University Press has just published The End of Don't Ask Don't Tell: The Impact In Studies and Personal Essays by Service Members and Veterans. Battleland recently conducted this email chat with editors J. Ford Huffman and Tammy S. Schultz:
How did The End of Don't Ask Don't Tell come to be?
J. Ford Huffman: The motto at U. S. Marine Corps War College is "dare to know." Col. Michael Belcher, director of the College in Quantico, Va., until last June, took the motto to heart. He dared students and faculty to challenge their thinking by taking on topics they might find uncomfortable. The possible repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was such a topic. And timely, too, in the 2010-2011 academic term.
After a handful of students began researching and writing – one student studied whether the repeal might require a new definition of the Marine Warrior – Belcher realized the reports could form the basis for a book.
He got the support of Marine Corps University. The non-profit, privately funded Marine Corps University Foundation offered financial support. And the Marine Corps University Press agreed to print the book. He asked the College's head of national security, Dr. Tammy S. Schultz, and me to co-edit.
Why me? Mike had read many of my reviews of nonfiction books out of Iraq and Afghanistan in Marine Corps Times (and the other Military Times papers) and knew my work at USA Today.
My immediate job was to recruit people – in and outside the Marine Corps – to write personal pieces that would balance the book's four scholarly reports.
I sent queries to at least 121 service members and veterans—straight and gay, female and male, officer and enlisted—plus a dozen civilians with military expertise. If they agreed to write, Tammy and I told them, they would be rewarded with a limit of no more than 1,500 words, would go through the editing process, and some day be the owner of two copies of the published book. I figured if Tammy and I got 12 writers out of 121, we would be lucky.
We won a literary lottery. There are 25 essays, and two other writers' submissions work as part of my introduction rather than as stand-alone pieces. Each military branch is represented.
Why was it important to do it?
JFH: Because the book gives a public voice to some voices that have rarely been heard. Belcher, who left the Corps last November, says the issue of ending discrimination against gay service members is "an issue that must be addressed – openly, honestly, intelligently, and unemotionally."
"Openly" was the first challenge.
As a journalist, I think anonymity lacks credibility, introduces mystery and breeds distrust in many readers' minds. None of that seemed appropriate in an anthology about the impact of the repeal of a law that required some service members to remain anonymous or be discharged. It was important to let people write as themselves.
I recommended that all writers be identified by name, even at the expense of reducing the number of possible contributors.
Tammy S. Schultz: When doing research on DADT for a different scholarly book (Attitudes Aren't Free: Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the U.S. Armed Forces, Edited by James E Parco and David A. Levy, Air University Press, 2010), I lamented the lack of a single work on desegregation that included policy recommendations and voices from the time President Truman instituted the policy in 1948. I wanted this to be the book on DADT that I could not find on desegregation.
Is it right to think of it as an After-Action Report?
JFH: I think "During-Action Report" is apt.
Tammy and I began working on the effort last summer. Active-duty writers were writing about DADT while the law was still around, and the first edits were finished by Labor Day – a couple weeks before President Obama signed the law ending the repeal.
The first version of the manuscript that went to the brass at Marine Corps University was censored. How? The bylines of active-duty gay writers were crossed out because otherwise those writers would be incriminating themselves. The deletions were done to protect the officers who read the material as well.
Are you surprised by the lack of drama in response to the end of DADT?
JFH: As a civilian, my answer is no – because of what I learned while editing the book.
One Marine officer, an Iraq veteran who chose not to write when we asked him last August, said "most active duty Marines I know do not intend to come screaming out of the closet on 20 September. Most only intend to tell a select few of their colleagues, if anyone."
In the book, Nora Bensahel of the Center for New American Security and formerly of RAND points to research that indicates "several U.S. allies that once barred gay people from serving in the military have allowed them to serve openly for years and even decades. The U.S. is likely to be even more prepared to effectively manage the implementation process."
TSS: By and large, the only people who predicted a lot of drama, or that allowing gay people to serve openly would destroy the U.S. military as we know it, were those that disagree with homosexuality for reasons that have nothing to do with military readiness. I, along with many others who wrote prior to September 20, believed that the U.S. military is the most professional force in the world that and could adapt to this change while maintaining readiness. Although more research remains to be done, apparently that has proven to be the case.
The Marines always had the reputation as being the most anti-gay service. Is/was that reputation warranted?
JFH: About a month ago in New Orleans I was having a drink with a gay former Marine officer who was not out during his nearly two decades in the Corps.
I mentioned that a former general's news-making statements two years ago – saying the repeal of DADT could mean that the Corps might have to change its policy requiring unmarried Marines to share rooms – made some observers wonder whether the general really thought there were no gay Marines. The general really thought that way, my friend smiled, knowingly. "I worked for him."
TSS: It is true that the Department of Defense's Comprehensive Review of DADT that surveyed hundreds of thousands of service members showed that Marines, especially those in the combat arms, were most reticent about changing the policy. Part of that uncertainty, though, comes from the fact that many of these Marines did not believe that they had ever served with someone who is gay, which is one reason that this book is so important.
Has it changed?
TSS: One of the things that will change minds is when stereotypes are replaced by real people – when the gay "boogeyman" is replaced with a corporal, warrant officer, colonel, or general the individual Marine respects. As this increasingly happens across the force, more and more Marines will realize what many in the service already know: That a Marine is a Marine regardless of sexual orientation, just as the Commandant has emphasized. To paraphrase the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, you don't have to be straight to shoot straight, and the ability to take care of one's Marines and get them back home safely while executing the nation's missions is the most important thing – not who that Marine loves in his/her personal life.
Given that background, should it be surprising that the MCUP is publishing this book?
JFH: Nearly everyone I've talked with is surprised. After they think about it for a second, they are impressed that the Corps is on the forefront on this topic. One Army veteran, Virginia Military Institute graduate Andrew Harris, says (in his essay) that the repeal is an opportunity for the U.S. military "to catch up with society."
TSS: The Commandant's guidance was "to step out smartly to faithfully implement this new law," so while some outside the Marine Corps are surprised, I am proud but not surprised.
Who approved doing this book?
TSS: Marine Corps University has a strong tradition of academic freedom. Since I am a professor at the War College, I enjoy the ability to research and publish on a wide range of topics, from national security strategy to issues such as health of the forces and DADT.
How much did it cost the Marine Corps to publish this book?
TSS: The Marine Corps University Foundation generously provided funding for us to get J. Ford involved in the project. For both J. Ford and me, this was a labor of love that we both worked on above and beyond our "normal" hours. The authors receive no monetary compensation.
Printing the book will cost under $9,000, and because the Government Printing Office (GPO) soon will handle the book, that money will ultimately be repaid to the U.S. taxpayer.
Who do you want to read this book?
JFH: The United States is ordering straight and gay men and women to fight in Afghanistan and to be prepared to fight elsewhere. The book offers one opportunity for readers to get to know the people who fight.
The End of DADT is not ancient military history. The book is live and in color. In fact, some readers will find some of the language quite colorful.
TSS: In addition to today's academics, policymakers, and public who are interested in learning more about what it was like for service members under DADT, I hope that historians and dissertation students pick this up in 50 years and marvel at the courage of these service members. I also hope that my daughters, 3 and 5, read it someday not only to see what their mom does, but about some real-life heroes.
Who do you think will read this book?
JFH: The writers will read their own essays and reports. I hope they read the others' essays and reports, too. Seriously: Some people will read the book to affirm their beliefs, one way or the other. As Col. Belcher says, the book will "fascinate and infuriate." Either way the book can inform and enlighten.
TSS: Since this is the only book of its kind published by a service on such a topic, we have received a lot of interest ranging from the general public to academics to policymakers.
Is this book online? If so where?
JFH: The GPO can offer wider distribution, digital and print, and it can be ordered here. Readers can watch for details about the online availability on the War College's and Marine Corps University's web site, www.mcu.usmc.mil [Editor's note: here are a couple of the essays: one by Andrew Harris, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute who served in the Army for five years before leaving as a captain in 2009 who now works for the Deloitte consulting firm, and a second by Brendan P. Kearney, who joined the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Course program in 1971, was commissioned in 1975, retired as a colonel in 2006, and is now an independent consultant.]
Where can I buy a copy of this book?
JFH: Soon more readers will be able to get copies through the GPO. Meanwhile, as a public service the War College is making a limited number of copies available. Readers can put their names on a wait list by contacting the War College at 2076 South St., Quantico, Va. 22314-5068. I know, some people think mailing a letter in 2012 is quaint. But I figure serious readers will spring for the 45-cent stamp.
Are any of the other services contemplating a similar book, if you know?
TSS: This is the only book of its kind, not only on DADT, but desegregation and the like. This book is as unique as the service members who wrote for it.
What bigger lessons, if any, does this book contain for the U.S. military?
TSS: There are some policy lessons in this book, such as the notion that leadership is key to ensuring DADT's smooth implementation. This book also demonstrates that one's sexual orientation does not change why he or she joins the military and serves. The love of service our authors have shines through the pages of this book, and is humbling. Their service should be honored and valued as much as any other individual's, no matter whom that person loves in his or her personal life.


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In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Daniyal Mueenuddin, . . Norton, $23.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-393-06800-9
In eight beautifully crafted, interconnected stories, Mueenuddin explores the cutthroat feudal society in which a rich Lahore landowner is entrenched. A complicated network of patronage undergirds the micro-society of servants, families and opportunists surrounding wealthy patron K.K. Harouni. In "Nawabdin Electrician," Harouni's indispensable electrician, Nawab, excels at his work and at home, raising 12 daughters and one son by virtue of his cunning and ingenuity—qualities that allow him to triumph over entrenched poverty and outlive a robber bent on stealing his livelihood. Women are especially vulnerable without the protection of family and marriage ties, as the protagonist of "Saleema" learns: a maid in the Harouni mansion who cultivates a love affair with an older servant, Saleema is left with a baby and without recourse when he must honor his first family and renounce her. Similarly, the women who become lovers of powerful men, as in the title story and in "Provide, Provide," fall into disgrace and poverty with the death of their patrons. An elegant stylist with a light touch, Mueenuddin invites the reader to a richly human, wondrous experience.
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Filter Research 3 Reason ReFill
Propellerhead Reason 6 has finally brought together audio inputs, live sampling, and loop playback together in a single product. With all this new audio content flying through the Reason ecosystem, now is the perfect time to introduce Filter Research 3 – Nucleus SoundLab's third product in their innovative series of effects ReFills. This package of evolved effects once again goes beyond the ordinary. Filter Research 3 is packed full of effects that are not only useful production tools, but are often musically inspirational as well.
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3 Days In Budapest
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Population | 1,750,000 |
Languages spoken | Magyar (Hungarian), German, English |
Currency | 1.00 Hungarian Forints (Ft) = 0.024 USD |
Average temperature | Summer: 70.4F; winter: 30F |
High season | April to October |
Known as the Paris of Central Europe — and for good reason — Budapest, during its warmer months, is astonishingly green, breathtakingly beautiful and incredibly romantic. In addition, it manages to be both cosmopolitan and yet rather quaint at the same time with its winding streets and diverse architecture. Given the city's picturesque landscape, which straddles the banks of the Danube River, combined with its rich cultural history, which dates back to Roman and Mongol times, it's easy to see why Budapest has recently become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. In fact, Budapest is actually two cities in one: Buda, situated in the west, is more rolling, hilly and residential; while Pest, in the east, is more dense, urban and commercial. There's much to visit in both parts of the city and you won't be short of ways to fill up your time while you're here. Art, a hefty dose of history and plenty of restaurants, bars and stores await you in Hungary's capital. If you're only planning on being in Budapest for a few days, keep reading to discover how to make the most of your short stay in this charming city.
transportation and accommodation
To go from Ferihegy International Airport to your accommodations, your cheapest options are to take the metro if you arrive in Budapest during the day, or a minibus if you get in late at night. Hop on Bus 200 to Kobanya-Kispest metro station and go from there for 230 Ft if you buy your ticket in advance or 260 Ft if you purchase your ticket from the bus driver.If your trip is a super-budget one you're in luck, since traveling in Central Europe, including Hungary, is still considerably cheaper than most places in Western Europe. Try the Marco Polo Hostel (1072 VII Nyar utca 6) for spotlessly clean dorm or private rooms in a rather central location in Pest. Online bookings can be made at this hostel, but have cash ready when you arrive, since you'll have to pay a deposit for your room and key. Steer clear of ordering taxis from here, however, since the hostel will only recommend taxi services with which they are associated. Internet is also available at Marco Polo, though faster and cheaper services can be found down the street. Breakfast is included in the price of your stay, so this hostel is a fantastic option for those wishing to see Budapest on a shoestring. If you have a bit more cash and you'd like some more stylish digs, try Artotel (16-19 Bem rakpart), a chic hotel of Baroque houses with a glass front, highly professional staff and a private collection of the works of artist Donald Sultan. At the terrace bar, you can order snacks and drinks, while the restaurant offers Magyar-influenced international cuisine. For fantastic views and an experience you won't forget, ask for a room with a view of the river.
Day 1: Explore medieval Hungary
If you didn't eat breakfast at your hotel or hostel, try the Muvesz (VI Andrassy ut 29), located practically opposite the gorgeous Opera House, for coffee, cakes and excellent people-watching. Then begin your journey through Hungary's fascinating capital with a tour of Castle Hill. If you're staying deep in Pest, take bus 16 from Erzsebet ter and get off at the terminal stop at Disz ter or take the metro to Moskva ter, otherwise, you can always walk. Though it will take you longer and you'll probably be tired, walking really is the best and most enjoyable way to discover all the intriguing nooks and crannies of Castle Hill's network of medieval streets. Make your way from one side of the district to the other and aim to end your trek at the Royal Palace.Your journey in Budapest is just beginning...
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Burnsville City Hall has multiple rooms available for public rental. All of the rooms allow for renters to bring their own computer or tablet and use built-in projectors/screens to display presentations, slideshows and other documents. Microphones and speakers are available upon request.
Conference Rooms
The Council Chambers is located in the upper level of City Hall and is approximately 1,400 square feet. The room features state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and camera systems for recording are available for an additional fee. It is typically reserved for formal business meetings, lectures, teleconferences and weddings.
The Dakota and Nicollet Rooms (sometimes collectively known as "the community rooms") are located in the lower level of City Hall. These rooms can be combined into one large room that's approximately 3,800 square feet or be divided into smaller rooms. These rooms are typically used for larger events such as art/craft shows, banquets, dance recitals, lectures, meetings, receptions and weddings.
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Amazon enters smartphone market with Fire phone
The phone has a 4.7-inch screen and 13-megapixel camera
Amazon has unveiled its highly anticipated entry into the smartphone market, a handset called Fire.
The phone, announced by CEO Jeff Bezos at an event in Seattle, has a 4.7-inch screen and quad-core processor.
It also has a rear 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization to reduce the effects of camera shake for clearer and sharper photos. Most phones attempt to do this through software but Amazon's phone has a hardware component that physically moves the imaging hardware. This latter method is generally superior to software-based methods.
Amazon is offering free image backup and storage through its cloud service with the phone, Bezos said.
A key feature of the phone, at least for Amazon, is an application called "Firefly," which provides an important tie-in to the company's online retail business by recognizing movies, TV shows, music and books, as well as objects, and allowing users to place recognized items into their Amazon cart for purchase. It finds products through their barcodes or photos of the labels and can identify songs when snippets of the music are played, for instance.
Another feature is "dynamic perspective" that appears to give depth to certain images and produces a quasi 3D effect. Bezos demonstrated the function by showing a picture of the Empire State Building on the phone.
Fire also comes with Amazon's "Mayday," a service offered on the Kindle tablet that puts a customer service representative on-screen to answer questions. Bezos said the service will be available at no cost 24 hours a day and calls will be answered within 15 seconds.
The phone will be available in the U.S. through AT&T on contract. A version with 32GB of memory will cost $200 and a 64GB version will cost $300.
By picking AT&T, Amazon has chosen a familiar partner. The company already handles wireless delivery of e-books to Kindle readers and Amazon promotes AT&T 4G service to users of its Kindle Fire tablets.
Amazon's entry into the crowded smartphone space could increase competition if consumers buy into its vision. Unlike other phone makers, Amazon has a compelling service to offer alongside its hardware in the shape of the Amazon Prime music, e-book and video service.
However, success is not certain. Facebook attempted to get in on the market in early 2013 with a customized handset from Taiwan's HTC called the HTC First. The phone was a flop and just a few months later carrier AT&T was offering it at a discount.
Founded 20 years ago, Amazon has grown from an online seller of books into one of the world's largest e-commerce sites. It also sells its own e-book and tablet hardware, has become a publisher of electronic books and is a major supplier of cloud computing capacity. In the last few years, it has been building up its Prime annual subscription service adding video streaming, e-books and, most recently, streaming music.


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(visited by Gil Roberts, Guy Roberts and Wil Roberts)
04-May-2001 -- Having learned of the Confluence Project several weeks ago in a USA Today article we soon checked out the web site and found one as yet "un-visited" confluence that immediately caught our eye. Although we live in Western Oregon in the lush Willamette Valley near the City of Salem, our family has long enjoyed spending time in Eastern Oregon on our family ranch in Harney County some 30 or so miles north of the town of Burns. The ranch is several miles nearly due east of the N 44.00 W119.00 confluence and it seemed like a natural one for us to seek out.
Leaving Salem at 4:00 AM on Friday May 4, 2001 we headed east on US Highway 20 over the Cascade Mountains into Central Oregon through the bustling City of Bend and on across the Oregon High Desert to the relaxed town of Burns. Unlike much of Western and Central Oregon, most of Eastern Oregon has avoided the influx of character changing population growth over the past two decades. Hard working cattle ranchers and loggers still dominate much of the sparsely populated landscape in this arid part of Oregon.
Luckily it was a cool clear morning as we crossed the high desert plateau between Bend and Burns and like always we saw a number of deer and antelope (playing) grazing in the sagebrush and alfalfa. Reaching Burns at about 8:30 AM we picked up necessary grub and supplies at the Sentry Market and headed north towards "our" confluence. If you don't already have one you should pick up a Malheur National Forest map at the local U.S. Forest Service office. You're gonna' need it.
Just north of downtown Burns, Highways 20 & 395 split apart. Highway 20 continues east towards Idaho and Highway 395 heads towards the City of John Day some 70 miles north. Take a left (north) on Highway 395 and proceed approximately 13 miles to a point where you'll enter the Malheur National Forest boundary. Another seven or eight miles more and you exit the forest boundary into the beautiful Silvies Valley. This marshy valley is about five miles wide and 20 or so miles long and it garners its name from a river named in the early 1800's for the fur trapper Antoine Sylvaille (thus Silvies) who found the area "very rich with beaver".
After traveling a total of 23 miles from Burns or some four miles after leaving the Malhuer Forest boundary turn LEFT (west) off the highway on National Forest Road #3145. This turnoff is near Trout Creek. Nfd #3145 is a graveled public roadway that passes through various private ownerships and eventually re-enters the National Forest. Continue on "Nfd #3145" some 8.8 miles to a dirt spur road on the right at N43° 59.657' – W119° 00.550'. If you get to "Jack Andy Creek" you've gone too far. Go back up the hill near the top of the ridge and check your GPS position.
This spur road near this ridge top is a good place to park and then navigate on foot with your GPS in a northeasterly direction approximately 0.5 miles to the confluence. You may be able to actually drive a bit closer to the confluence on other nearby roads, but if you check the topography maps you'll find that this take off point offers the most gentle grade in and out. Remember the elevation is over 5,000 feet and even small hills can seem a lot steeper in the thin air. Give yourself about an hour out and back and carry some water with you.
Please note: Roads in the area can be pretty treacherous with a sticky slick muddy "gumbo" after the permafrost leaves in the spring. Make sure the roads are dry before you try it.
Be careful with fire and above all tell somebody where you're going and when you're supposed to be back.


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Luke Temple
Track List
- In The Open
- More Than Muscle
- How Could I Lie
- Weekend Warrior
- Ophelia
- Ballad For Dick George
- So Long, So Long
- You Belong To Heaven
- Luck Park
Before the success of his group Here We Go Magic, Luke Temple worked full-time as a plasterer. At nights after work, he spent his hours crafting what would become Here We Go Magic's self-titled debut. During the days he wrote a completely different set of songs in his head. The resulting record Don't Act Like You Don't Care shines with clarity and daylight, in contrast to Here We Go Magic's hazy aquatic debut. After recording two critically acclaimed solo records for Mill Pond (2005, 2007) Temple's work still hadn't garnered much attention from the record-buying public. Frustrated, but not defeated, he focused his creative energy into the writing of two amazing, but completely different records. Initially referred to as "The Country Record," Don't Act Like You Don't Care was shelved due to the success of Here We Go Magic's self-titled debut. Now, three years later, we're finally able to offer this incredible collection of folk-pop songs. Unlike the Here We Go Magic record, Don't Act Like You Don't Care focuses on Temple's songwriting and evocative tenor. From heartbreaking ballads like "So Long, So Long" and "Ballad for Dick George" to jaunty pop gems like "Ophelia" and "In The Open" you'll become fast friends with these songs that continue to satisfy after hundreds of listens. Inspired by Rudy Vangelder's early Blue Note recordings, Temple and friends recorded the songs in two 4-hour sessions using just three microphones and a 4-track recorder. Temple is fortunate to have some amazingly talented friends with Eliot Krimsky (Glass Ghost) on synths, Tyler Wood on piano, Parker Kindred (Antony and the Johnsons, Jeff Buckley) on drums, Michael Bloch (Here We Go Magic) on guitar, and Adam Chilenski on bass.
Luke Temple, Michael Bloch, Adam Chilenski, Parker Kindred, Eliot Krimsky, Tyler Wood
Luke Temple and friends
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DURHAM, N.H. – People who feel more secure in receiving love and acceptance from others place less monetary value on their possessions, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
The research was conducted by Edward Lemay, assistant professor of psychology at UNH, and colleagues at Yale University. The research is presented in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology in the article "Heightened interpersonal security diminishes the monetary value of possessions."
Lemay and his colleagues found that people who had heightened feelings of interpersonal security – a sense of being loved and accepted by others – placed a lower monetary value on their possession than people who did not.
In their experiments, the researchers measured how much people valued specific items, such as a blanket and a pen. In some instances, people who did not feel secure placed a value on an item that was five times greater than the value placed on the same item by more secure people.
"People value possessions, in part, because they afford a sense of protection, insurance, and comfort," Lemay says. "But what we found was that if people already have a feeling of being loved and accepted by others, which also can provide a sense of protection, insurance, and comfort, those possessions decrease in value."
The researchers theorize that the study results could be used to help people with hoarding disorders.
"These findings seem particularly relevant to understanding why people may hang onto goods that are no longer useful. They also may be relevant to understanding why family members often fight over items from estates that they feel are rightfully theirs and to which they are already attached. Inherited items may be especially valued because the associated death threatens a person's sense of personal security," Lemay says.
The research was conducted by Lemay; Margaret Clark, Aaron Greenberg, Emily Hill, and David Roosth, all from Yale University; and Elizabeth Clark-Polner, from Université de Genève, Switzerland.
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.
Edward Lemay, assistant professor of psychology at UNH.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology


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An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an
Author: Ayatullah Allamah Al-Hajj Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani
The light of Islam has enlightened and continuing to enlighten every corner in the world and seekers of truth have closely associated to the Holy Quran which carries the Word of Allah (SWT) to humanity. With increasing focus and attention to the Holy Quran, efforts has been done to provide a pure, correct and accurate translation of this divine book. But sometimes it is difficult for the readers to understand all of the apparent and hidden meanings and it is the duty of every Muslim, man or woman, to read, understand and contemplate on the Holy Qur'an according to his own capacity. Hence, the need for proper explanation becomes obvious and necessary. The book titled, "An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an" compiled by a group of Muslim scholars, under the direction of Ayatullah Allamah Al-Hajj Sayyid Kamal Faqih Imani is a valuable effort which presents a thorough commentary on the Quran in 20 volumes made available to the reader.
- Introduction
- What is a 'Commentary'?
- The Current Commentary
- Attributes Needed for Working on This Kind of Commentary
- The Problems in Translating
- Translators Note
- Editor's Note
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
"Verily the Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable) (to run societies), and giveth the glad tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward"1.
"We have sent down to thee the book explaining all things, a Guide, a Mercy, and Glad tidings to Muslims"2.
"When those come to thee who believe in Our Signs, say: 'Peace be on you: Your Lord hath inscribed for Himself (the rule on Mercy; verily, if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented, and amended (his conduct), Lo! He is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful"3.
The light of Islam is illuminating hearts of individuals in nearly all parts of the world, in spite of heavy barriers and careful controls and religious interrogation exerted by not only many governments of non-Muslim nations, but also in some Muslim countries, against their believing people, especially during the years after the Islamic Revolution of Iran.
The effective influence of the light of the truth together with the speed in the movement of the Age has brought forth a more vital exchange of thought and religious ideology in connection with the Holy Qur'an.
In regard to this, we refer to what the Messenger of Allah (S) has said about it:
When afflictions surround you like the dark night refer to the Qur'an, because, it is an Intercessor whose intercession is accepted. It reports the evils (of people) which will be confirmed. It leads the person to Heaven who puts it in front of himself (follows it); and he who puts it behind himself (neglects it) will be driven to Hell.
This very Qur'an is the best guide to the best ways. It is a Book in which there are useful explanations, statements and gaining (of goals). It is the Separator (of right and wrong).4
Obviously, those people whose language is not Arabic can refer to the Holy Book in English, because this is an international language and it is possible for all nations with any native language, to read and understand it in English. As far as we know, there are more than 50 different English translations of Qur'an available in Iran alone, and probably others exist in libraries (and homes) throughout the world.
This makes it easy for the lovers of truth to obtain the knowledge of the Holy Qur'an and Islamic ideology, through the medium of English, which formerly was acquired directly by the Arabic and Persian languages.
But, a fact should be mentioned here that not all of the words of Allah are easily understood by ordinary people and need explanatory commentary, i.e. 'Tafsir'.
Alongside this path, there are some problems that those eager to learn the Qur'anic truth should know and be careful of. Hence, we deal here with some of the difficulties we were involved in and recognized when we were preparing this endeavour; the fruit of our humble labour of more than three years, a translation of the commentary of over one section (of the 30 sections) of the Holy Qur'an from different commentary sources.
The work is based upon popular commentaries accepted by Muslim scholars. We consulted other books and present living scholars, learned in the Qur'anic Sciences for our work to produce this commentary in a simple standard of English easily understood by the laymen.
The style of writing here is a mixture of British-English and American-English, understandable for all the readers; even for those acquainted with only one of them. However, excuse us for using interchangeable spellings. If both are used, from time to time, they are acceptable; for example, honour and honor.
Not All English Versions of Quran Are Acceptable
Some Western translators of the Holy Qur'an; not all of them, and some producers of literature on Islam in the English language, are the anti-Muslim elements which are busy in distorting the facts about the faith to create disruption in Islamic ideology.
These hostile minds have attempted to black-list the Holy Prophet (S) and the religion of Islam, through their purposeful and subtle mis-translations, mis-interpretations, mis-representations and distortion of the facts.
The distortion and the misinterpretations are so skilfully decorated in linguistic excellence and delusive logic that the blind lovers of the English language, who are hardly or even totally unaware of the actual Qur'anic factors of their own faith, get caught up in the falsehood tempered with eloquence and they swallow the 'sugar-coated poisonous pills of deceit' allowing themselves to become duly conditioned to serve the purpose of the publications of the hostile camps.
The current standing of Evil has always been against the Truth in the history of man, even before written history, when the sons of Adam came into existence.
When these antagonistic elements have successfully extended their active influence upon our own religion, ideology and social tradition, we are also duty bound to Allah, His Final Word (the Holy Qur'an), the Faith, and to Islam, to do our best to present to every sincere seeker of Truth, a selection of a translation of the verses of the Holy Qur'an of the original Arabic text, and the 'Tafsir' (commentary) of them.
By the way, we believe that it is the essential belief of 'Shi'a' that the present Qur'an, that which is in our hands today, is the Holy Book of Allah, revealed to the holy Prophet Muhammad (S), as arranged and compiled during his lifetime and read out to him and it contains nothing less or more than what was revealed.
And it should be noted that,
"Nay, but it is a Glorious Qur'an, (inscribed) in a tablet preserved."5,
whose present arrangement is the order in which the various verses were sorted and arranged at the command of the Holy Prophet (S), himself.
This is the uncorrupted or undisturbed Word of Allah, the preservation of which has been guaranteed by Allah, Himself:
"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)"6.
Furthermore, the English translations, along with the Arabic text of the verses, in this book, are selected from different translations of English versions of the Holy Qur'an, (whose names are listed at the end of the book under the title of 'References') which are from the best available sources in which some better styles and more proper meanings are employed. The translator and editor did their best to preserve this divine message and in conveying the Qur'anic facts in English.
In a few instances this writer, the translator, changed a word of those existing translations to a better one, from the existing material which was employed in this work.
What is a 'Commentary'?
A pure, correct, accurate translation of the Qur'an is necessary, but sometimes it is difficult for the readers to understand all of the apparent and hidden meanings and it is the duty of every Muslim, man or woman to read, understand and contemplate on the Holy Qur'an according to his own capacity:
"...read you, therefore, of the Qur'an as much as may be easy for you.."7.
This reading has to be done not only with the tongue, voice and eyes; a mere recitation, but, also, with the best light that our intellect can supply, and even more, with the truest and purest light which our heart and conscience give us.
However, it is not always possible to fully understand the Holy Book as Allah says:
"That is indeed a Qur'an most honourable,"Which none shall touch but those who are purified"8.
Thus, some additional information is needed. For example, it is sometimes necessary, for understanding the text, to refer to the particular occasion for the revelation of a particular verse; or to know the philological changes of a word used at the time of revelation or before it and the meaning that it has in Arabic, today.
Or the alphabetical symbols which evidently and undoubtedly are secrets, and especially the ambiguous /mutashabihat/; the knowledge of which has been announced to be with the /rasixuna fil 'ilm/; those deeply established in knowledge.
They are some things that only 'the particular ones, the sinless ones', besides the Prophet (S), himself, viz, Ahlul Bayt, knew with all the Qur'anic facts and talked about them in their traditions and narrations (as He says:
"And whom We had taught knowledge from Our own Presence"9.
For instance, the Apostle, himself, answered the questions which used to be asked by people as to the meaning of certain words in the verses revealed, or details of certain historical or spiritual matters on which they sought more enlightenment. These answers and explanations or in other words, the commentaries were gathered by some Companions /ashab/ and were afterward written down which are called 'Hadith' or 'traditions'.
Of course, the holy Prophet (S) had openly declared in Hadith-uth- Thaqalayn that the Qur'an is with the Ahlul Bayt, and to avoid going astray, the Muslims should be attached to these two. Later, the Ahlul Bayt's explanations and narrations, were added to them and together with the effect of expert religious scholars, in the past and present, established ' Exegesis' (explanation of Qur'an) which became a science in itself and was called 'Tafsir', commentary.
'Commentary' shows how every verse, or group of verses, were revealed to the holy Prophet (S) on a particular occasion, but which also has a general meaning. The particular occasion and the particular people concerned have passed away, but the general meaning and its application remain true for all time.
This is also one of the miracles of the Qur'an that with the help of 'commentary' it is always open and it is always new for those new generations to come.
The Current Commentary
As was mentioned earlier, the light of Islam is enlightening every corner in the world and seekers of truth, having referred to the translations of the Holy Qur'an, find that they need 'Tafsir', (commentary).
Some of them, Shi'a believers in particular have been led to this Center; Imam Ali (as) Library, requesting a clear, concise English Tafsir; 'a commentary of the Holy Qur'an'.
From the beginning of Islam until today (although many times the Holy Qur'an has been translated into English and a few of them are published with brief, detailed commentary, as footnotes, there has rarely been, as far as we know, a fairly complete commentary in English sufficient for them to find their answers. So the decision was made to supply this commentary.
Ayatullah Mujahed Al-Hajj, Allamah Sayyid Kamal Faqhih Imani, the founder and responsible party of this Islamic Scientific Research Center, approached us and reported the situation to scholars and appropriate research societies.
Then 12 people, who had varying nationalities and educational backgrounds, especially from the point of the English language and Islamic Theology, gathered. In their first gathering, which was held on 28th Safar, 1412 (1370 H. / 1991), they concluded that the commentary of the whole Qur'an which they intended to supply in English, would take many years to produce.
In order to quench the thirst of the lovers of Truth who had demanded it again and again, they decided to supply the commentary of the last section of the Qur'an, as a sample, and after its publication and receiving constructive comments by the readers and with a better skillfulness of the ones involved, the translation of the commentary would begin from the beginning of the Holy Qur'an.
Therefore, they thought it would be better that the sample, entitled 'An Enlightening Commentary Into the Light of the Holy Qur'an', begin with Surah Insan, the end of the 29th Section, because the Qur'an was revealed for the improvement of Man and this Surah is about Man and his creation from a lowly life-germ which can develop unto the highest point where no other creature can ascend.
But, after several weeks the number of us dwindled to a handful and after some months, until the present, we remain two people; the translator and the editor. During this period of more than three years, a few people have tried their hands at this task to have a share in the translation, but, for different reasons, they were not successful.
However, we are completely grateful for their efforts and extend our thanks for their attempts, as well as to those who had any involvement in this work.
Attributes Needed for Working on This Kind of Commentary
This endeavour needed not only the knowledge and skillfulness in the English language, but also the knowledge of Arabic, and Islamic science and culture, because Tafsir is an attempt to analyze and explain the meaning of verses in the Holy Qur'an.
Moreover, Allah, Himself, says:
"We have sent down to thee the book explaining all things, a Guide, a Mercy, and Glad Tidings to Muslims"10.
Then, it needs that those involved know a little bit about almost all sciences and knowledge that human beings are concerned with when working with the commentary. Also, the phonetic sound systems of the two languages, English and Arabic, are different. Therefore, when an Arabic word from the Qur'an is mentioned in the English text, it is shown with the phonetic alphabet and in its special phonetical sign, i.e.: / /, to avoid using 'Arabic script' in the book, as far as possible.
A transliteration table of the Arabic letters and sounds and the corresponding phonetic signs, applied in this book, is given at the beginning of the book.
The Problems in Translating
We tried to avoid mixing up our own personal theories and conclusions with the interpretation of the text itself. With the help of Allah, we did our best; at times asking for guidance from some learned religious men (Ruhaniyan), and used all the knowledge and experience we possessed in the service of the Holy Qur'an for its commentary, hoping that Allah accepts it.
The nature of this sort of endeavour is so that, in the course of translation, some difficulties arise from various causes.
For instance, cultures in the Arabic language and English language are different so that some of the words like /amrun bayn al amrayn/ in the case of fatalism and freewill are nearly impossible to translate into English, because of the difference in the concept in English literature; or the meaning of a word like 'prostration', in English, is rather different with what /sajdah/ exactly means in Arabic.
In such cases, we selected the meaning of the words from among what the earlier commentators and phililogists used and where they were not unanimous, we also used the ideas of new writers, who had reasonable advantages in their interpretations, when the senses adopted with the commentary sources that we were taking and translating materials from. Explanations, of course are always helpful which we took benefit from, too.
It is noteworthy that there are some circumstances in the text, of the commentary, in which a verse or verses of Qur'an from other Suras rather than the Surah under discussion are mentioned as evidence or, thereby, for strengthening the idea.
The text of these verses and also the traditions and narrations from the holy Prophet or Ahlul Bayt (as) is printed in bolder type than the running commentary in order to distinguish, at a glance, the substance from the shadow. Also, the mentioned verses are generally taken from A. Yusuf Ali's translation.
It Was Only By His Merciful Will!
Translators Note
Both the editor and the translator have interesting factual stories to tell of how the way of this endeavour was paved by Providence and how they were divinely led to be absorbed into this task, Alhamdulillah. A few words given here in this regard are not to be misunderstood as a display of vanity for any peculiar distinction; for there is none.
It is purely to attract the attention of the readers to a living instance of the Providential implementation of the divine plan and how man drifts to his assignment and how matters are automatically manipulated, though, they seem yet only to be circumstantial.
"He said: Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and nature and further gave (it) guidance"11.
For example, once, on a night, the writer of these lines, the translator, had seen in a dream that the Holy Qur'an, was placed, honourably, on a high position, wide open, high above a very great crowd of people amongst whom he was standing, watching. The full name of his was clearly written in the midst of the writings on the right page of it with magnificent bold letters.
The dream was obviously a good one, but it did not mean vividly to him at that time.
It was four years before he found out, in the course of translating the commentary of verses 11-16 from Surah 'Abasa No. 80, both the meaning of that dream and the cause of later changes in his career of twenty years, as a manager of a profitable Foreign Language Center, thanks to Allah.
It is always true what the Qur'an says:
"You will not unless Allah wills, surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise"12.
By His graceful arrangement this writer was separated from his almost material gains, of this fleeting world, to be set toward the assured, perfect, pure, spiritual rewards of the next, everlasting world from Him, Allah willing, when he began translating the commentary of the Qur'an and entered this great Divine Ocean of light, he found out that from earlier times such a success had been appointed and bestowed to him by Allah.
Therefore, all changes and graceful arrangements directly are from Him and it was His helpful Will that planned His graceful design and showered the ability and insight upon us to lead us to the present point. We are eagerly in hopes that He will help us and guide us in all cases to complete the task successfully so that He accepts it from us.
Editor's Note
In my case, it is a fact that only by the grace of Allah have I come to be at the helm working, side-by-side with the translator, on this commentary of the Holy Qur'an. Editing and checking this translation of 'An Enlightening commentary into the Light of the Holy Quran' has been a most important and rewarding experience for me.
To be of value in this work several things were necessary; my mother tongue, English, was almost at the top of the list. Then, having the ability to use a computer and printer, which involved me having to learn and use a Farsi program named Zarnegar, produced in Tehran, Iran, I was able to make use of the wonderful array of fonts it contains; necessary to type the Arabic and English languages.
Next, living in Iran, for four years, has made it possible for me to become acquainted with the native language and customs. However, the greatest asset, of all, is that I am a Shi'a Muslim woman.
It is fifteen (15) years from now, that in America, I became enlightened to the existence of the Holy Qur'an and accepted it as a better way of life. Over this period of time it has put me in touch with the purity of the religion and the logical answers to the religious questions I had as a Catholic.
My father told us (during our childhood) that if we ever wanted to know anything we should go to the source and to always have the correct tools on hand to do the job right.
When I started hearing and seeing, on television, the upheaval of the Islamic Revolution, in Iran, and the speech of a brave and courageous man they called Ayatullah Khomeini, I became very intense on knowing why it was happening and in knowing who this man was who had been exiled and was making his return to his homeland.
"Our Lord! We have heard the call of one calling (us) to faith, 'Believe ye in the Lord,, and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous"13.
It was something more spectacular than I had ever read about in my high school history books. There was a charge in it that I could not explain, and up until that time, I had never really heard anything about Islam, Prophet Muhammad or Muslims, for that matter.
I bought A. Yussuf Ali's English Translation of the Holy Qur'an, basing my decision on my father's counsel and I began from page one.
It was talking about the same things I had already learned; Adam and Eve in the Garden, disobeyed God due to the wiles of Satan and then, were expelled to Earth; Moses is given the scripture and leads his people out of Egypt, but they forfeited their covenant for a golden calf; Abraham, Ismail and Issac of the religion true, and there, Mary.
Hail Mary! Chaste, pure, chosen above other women, given glad tidings of a Word from Him; his name will be Christ Jesus, son of Mary, held in honor...14
And it went on: Practise charity, take care of the orphans, speak a speech that is just, beware of the deceits of the Unbelievers...I was in awe as I neared the end. No place was any obscenity found -no trace of ugliness which I found in the Bible -nothing but pure scripture; a complete religion, the one and only continuing from the first of Abraham. So, it became crystal clear to me that Islam is the final, refined message from God.
True, just, undeniable, containing what I had always felt and that is this: There is only One God; unique, needing no partner, powerful, and yet merciful and kind. How could God be more than one; Creator of such a vast universe and more?
With this understanding, though, came many tests to my new-found-faith; albeit necessary tests. Did I really believe - did I really submit to His Will - was I really worthy?
I began by only putting on a scarf, covering all of my hair.
"And say to the believing women...that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers..."15
Immediately the responses that I encountered proved the rightness of it all. I was chided, spit at, hit and cursed. Well, of course, a great deal of this was due to the propaganda which caused mass hysteria against Iran and not having their facts straight about the religion of Islam, however, it hurt just the same, but I had learned forgiveness and perseverance from my mother.
It was difficult for my family in the beginning; this change I was making, however, we are very close at heart, today, due to my faith and reliance on Allah.
"And out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility, and say: 'My Lord! Bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.'"16
Almost at once the veils over my understanding fell away and I started rejecting a lot of the 'big-business' propaganda that had infiltrated into my life.
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error; whosoever rejects Evil and believes in God bath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks..."17
The 'Big Sell' eats away at the very fabric of human society to the point that life has only a superficial meaning and high value is put on every inanimate object which man can produce.
"The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection; for God bestows His abundance on whom He will "18.
I had developed an intense desire to go to Iran--the country of martyrs; having an air so thick with emotions, direction and goal, at that time, and having the presence of an undeniable strength caressing it in the hands of an unseen power.
Ten years after I started practicing the tenets of Islam the opportunity presented itself for me to be able to fulfil my desire.
"Not equal are those Believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause...God has granted a grade higher to those who strive..."19
I wished very much to become involved in some type of work regarding the Holy Qur'an and in due time I was approached to work with a group of people on a commentary of the Holy Qur'an.
"And for those who fear God, He prepares a way out" "And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine..."20
Those of you who know anything about the rigors of editing know that it is very time-consuming and attention to detail is very necessary.
Spending many hours discussing the meaning of a single word, or phrase, can cause the ordinary soul to become frustrated, but that frustration is ultimately quelled when peace and tranquillity cover the heart at the point where there is that final agreement and gives those involved renewed enthusiasm to continue.
Sometimes you will notice more spacing than usual on a line or within the phonetic brackets (/ /), but this is due to the fact that the Zarnegar program is a Farsi program and it took much time trying to place the little phonetic line over, or the little dot under, the correct letter, because English is written from left to right and Farsi is written from right to left, so, I had a bit of anarchy on my hands for a time.
I leave you, now, in the hopes that you, too, will be provoked to question and seek. (Seek and you will find). Looking back, I feel that Allah does consider me worthy.
"God is the protector of those who have faith; from the depths of darkness He will lead them into light"21.
Wa Salam.


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Classic Instructional Book, "Contemporary Guitar Improvisation," Reissued
The book had been out-of-print for nearly 10 years.
Fort Wayne, IN (May 30, 2012) – Marc Silver, guitarist and author of the 1978 classic, Contemporary Guitar Improvisation (Utilizing the Entire Fingerboard), has just released his sought-after book which had been out-of-print for nearly 10 years.
According to Silver, "I'm excited to be able to publish the book and make it available again to a whole new generation of guitarists. This is a tried-and-tested system based on five basic fingering patterns that form the foundation for improvising over virtually any chords, in any key, across the entire fingerboard. All patterns are diagrammed, so note-reading ability is not necessary." Contemporary Guitar Improvisation is recommended by guitar legend George Benson, who also wrote the preface to the book.
The book was first published in 1978 by Dick Grove Publications, the publishing arm of The Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles. At that time, the Grove School was the preeminent contemporary music school on the West Coast, boasting many of Hollywood's finest studio musicians, film & TV composers and arrangers as its instructors and clinicians (Musician's Institute came later). For several years, Contemporary Guitar Improvisation was the most popular course at the school, attracting many of LA's most promising players and working professionals. The book went on to enjoy global distribution through Alfred Publishing for almost 20 years, gaining wide acceptance from guitarists around the world.
Contemporary Guitar Improvisation (Utilizing the Entire Fingerboard) comes with a play-along CD of recorded examples correlating to lessons in the book.
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The Logitech Wireless Headset H820e Combines Innovative Features and Industry-Leading Battery Life in a Comfortable, Stylish Design
NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) today introduced the Logitech® Wireless Headset H820e for unified communications and PC-based soft phones, bringing together enterprise-grade audio and innovative features in an affordable package that makes wireless freedom practical for everyone in the organization, working in all types of locations from traditional cubicles to open offices and even from home.
The Logitech H820e delivers true-to-life sound, even in noisy work environments, thanks to a noise-cancelling microphone, acoustic echo cancellation and digital signal processing (DSP). The headset is Optimized for Microsoft® Lync™ and is compatible with all major unified communication and soft phone applications, including Cisco platforms.
The Logitech H820e also offers an industry-leading 10 hours of wideband talk time, enough to get through even the longest workday.
Priced under $200 in both mono (one ear) and dual (both ears) models, the Logitech H820e draws on Logitech's heritage for human-centric design. The headset's long list of innovative features includes an in-call LED indicator light at the back of the microphone boom to prevent interruptions during calls, on-ear volume control buttons positioned on either side of the head band to easily find by touch, and auto-pair by docking, so that any Logitech H820e headset can easily connect through any Logitech H820e charger base. A stylish and lightweight design in silver and black makes for all-day comfort, while the weighted base makes it easy to slip the headset into the charging slot.
The Logitech H820e is built on the DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) standard, allowing for range up to 300 feet and high-density deployment in crowded offices – exceeding what's possible with most Bluetooth® devices, while avoiding the Wi-Fi® interference that Bluetooth can cause. A wide band/narrow band switch provides greater control in setting the correct balance between audio quality and density.
"Providing users with a comfortable, high-quality audio device is a critical requirement when adding voice to Lync installations," said Giovanni Mezgec, general manager of Lync product marketing for Microsoft. "Logitech is showing that even in an established category such as headsets, it's possible to introduce significant new features and benefits that can help drive user acceptance of unified communications."
"Our research shows that unit sales of wireless headsets will dramatically increase from 27 percent of the global office and contact center market in 2012 to 49 percent in 2019, almost reaching parity with wired headsets, while volume will more that quadruple from 3 million units in 2012 to 13.4 million units is 2019," said Elka Popova, program director for unified communications and collaboration at the research firm Frost & Sullivan. "This growth is being driven by the realization that wireless headsets give users a more comfortable calling experience and therefore expand the benefit of unified communications platforms. On the other hand, we've found the relatively high cost of wireless headsets is a barrier to adoption. Logitech is moving the market forward by offering wireless products with high audio quality and user-friendly features at an accessible price."
Frost & Sullivan called Logitech "the most disruptive new entrant in the office (headset) space" in the firm's "Global Office and Contact Center Headset Market" report, released in February, adding that Logitech "for two years now has been allocating significant resources to developing products and strategies geared exclusively toward the business segment." In a global survey of IT managers, 57 percent identified Logitech as the primary brand they choose when replacing a desk phone with a headset.
"We're looking to change the attitude that wireless headsets in the enterprise are an afterthought or a perk," said Eric Kintz, senior vice president and general manager for Logitech for Business. "Premium audio quality is essential in today's anywhere workplace, where employees are connecting with each other in open spaces, from the road and from home, and people can do more when they aren't tethered to their desks. Wireless headsets are rapidly becoming the 'new normal' for maximizing audio and video collaboration."
For situations where wired headsets are the best choice, Logitech offers the corded Logitech USB Headset H650e. Introduced last month, the Logitech H650e has the same contemporary design and many of the advanced features of the wireless Logitech H820e – including the in-call indicator light, lightweight construction, noise cancellation, DSP and acoustic echo cancellation. The Logitech H650e is Optimized for Microsoft® Lync™ and is compatible with all major unified communication and soft phone applications, including Cisco platforms.
Pricing and Availability
The Logitech Wireless Headset H820e is expected to be available worldwide starting in May 2013 for $179.99 (mono) and $199.99 (dual). The corded Logitech USB Headset H650e is available worldwide now for $79.99 (mono) and $89.99 (stereo). The headsets connect through a USB port to Windows PCs, Macs and Linux systems. For more information, please visit www.logitech.com/business.
About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
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Joining a very scarce landscape of commercial hydrogen refueling stations in the United States, Shell has added a third to their alternative energy evaluation. Joining a West Los Angeles and Culver City, the Torrance, California Shell hydrogen fueling station will embody a first for their US demonstration facilities in the United States. This newest hydrogen refueling station is unique that it is built on an existing pipeline. An ideal solution to the difficult problem, the use of a direct hydrogen pipeline connected to fueling pumps. Promising a constant, rarely interrupted flow of hydrogen, the special Shell station also resolves the more complex problem of transporting the fuel. Unlike gasoline, hydrogen is a true gas substance requiring unique handling including the careful management of mobile pressurized containment tanks.
Capable of supplying hydrogen containment vessels storing the fuel at pressures of 5,000 and 10,000 PSI, the Shell facility will be supplying California's active but still very spartan fleet of fuel cell vehicles. The Honda FCV Clarity uses a fuel tank held at 5,000 PSI while special versions of the Chevrolet Equinox called the Fuel Cell EV and an upcoming Hyundai Tucson FCEV use 10,000 PSI storage tanks. Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota are additional vehicle manufacturers providing fuel cell production or evaluation products in the United States. As the Shell hydrogen station opens in Torrance, the two pumps is set to service 10 to 12 drivers daily for their fueling needs.
As of this year, information from the California Fuel Cell Partnership indicates there are only 7 operational hydrogen fuel supplying stations currently available in the United States for the leased fuel cell or hydrogen combustion vehicles (all but one facility is located in California). There is also hydrogen stations set up serving private and fleet vehicle lines.
Though current hydrogen infrastructure remains very light in the United States, there is some cases for optimism for the alternative fuel source. In 2008, General Motors' then Vice President, Research & Development and Strategic Planning Lawrence D. Burns delivered a speech citing a Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure Assessment report painting a positive picture. The General Motors report made a bullish case for hydrogen feasibility implying that the fuel source could be provided on a competitive level with gasoline or diesel if infrastructure is developed. Information published in a 2010 report under the United States' Department of Energy shows there is still cost reductions needed for making hydrogen production suitable to the profit-driven environment. With several options for producing hydrogen available, current production cost of a quantity equivalent to the gasoline is no better than $2.50 in the United States. However, this Department of Energy annual report also predicts the cost of hydrogen production will drop by 25 percent by 2016.
Within the details of the speech, GM's Burns had also voiced concern that there was little motivation by developing hydrogen availability to the next step. Not limited to the United States, commercial hydrogen infrastructure is slow in development any where on the global transportation scene. Shining a light into an ideal hydrogen environment where 12,000 refueling stations are allowed to be placed strategically in the United States, GM's Hydrogen Infrastructure Assessment report says that 70 per cent of the American population could be placed within two miles of a fuel pump.
Calling it a one of several small options for reducing automotive emissions, General Manager of Operations for Shell Alternative Energies Julian Evison describes the energy company's desire to learn from the early involvement for hydrogen supplying. "Demonstration hydrogen filling stations allow us to evaluate a range of different technologies and learn valuable lessons about costs, consumer behavior, how to safely store hydrogen at different pressures and how to dispense it efficiently to different vehicles.'' Evison says.
Information Source: American Honda Motor Company, California Fuel Cell Partnership, Shell, United States Department of Energy
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- Home
- Residents
- History of Deer Park
- Memories of Early Deer Park
Excerpt from As I Remember
This book was written by those citizens who have lived in Deer Park for at least twenty years or more. As I Remember is a collection of their memories of those years.
The purpose of this book is to share their knowledge of our city's development with the community, as well as preserve the precious memories of our earlier citizens.
Their contributions make it possible for the community, their children, and grandchildren to realize and understand the proud heritage upon which the City of Deer Park was founded.
Billie K. Mann, Coordinating Committee Chairperson Texas Sesquicentennial 1986
Read the stories shared in As I Remember. It may take a minute to download. From the Table of Contents, you may click on the title of the story you would like to read and go directly to the page.
As I remember was edited by Barbara Yeary Weidig Wells. Barbara was a member of the Deer Park Bicentennial Commission in 1976. During that time, she authored Deer Park: A History of a Texas Town and Shell Deer Park made preparations for its 50th anniversary. Since the history of Deer Park and Shell were so closely related, she was commissioned to write Shell at Deer Park: The Story of the First Fifty Years, published in 1979. Without her commitment and dedication, so much of Deer Park's early history would have been lost.


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Six 12's
관련 동영상 보기
관련 동영상 안 보기
(feat. Mouse)
[Talking - Webbie]
Whaaat!, Young Savage-Trill E-N-T
Man I ain't stoppin till it's over
I got that bass in this bitch, don't it...Look
[Verse 1 - Webbie]
I ride down ya street you can hear me in ya den
shakin niggas walls when I put it past ten
G shit I ain't even gotta rap it
I like to play the songs with alot of slap in 'em
the amp turned up so it sound like this
my girl ask me why I like it loud like this
I got the five 9's across the back and I bet
you never seen a nigga with the pound like this
I ride by the club and everybody get loose
the hoes get to tootin, all the niggas get to bootin'
don't nobody try me, know I'm quick to get to shootin'
I'm known around town as that lil'nigga with the music
yeah I'm doin all good, and the cake not bad
I ain't lyin if I try it I can break my glass
the police pull me over, and they raid my cash
mayne they be wishin they could take my ass
[Chorus - Webbie]
I got six 12's (you can tell)-I got six 12's (you can tell)
I got six 12's (you can tell)-I got six 12's (you can tell)
I got six 12's (you can tell)-I got six 12's (you can tell)
I got six 12's (you can tell)-I got six 12's (you can tell)
[Verse 2 - Webbie]
Mayne I really be trumpin, mayne I really be beatin
you can hear when I'm comin, you can hear when I'm leavin
I got it hooked up the sickest, so ain't no sense in competitin
and yo'shit is the cheapest, you might blow out ya speakers
and we blowin and all, I got warrants and all
done looked down at the phone-I done missed a few calls
me and Boosie was thuggin, ballin out on them rims
he was tellin me somethin but I couldn't much hear 'em
'Cause the music was bumpin, I can barely much see it
'Cause we smokin on somethin that we just got from Korea
all the haters was watchin, guess they was checkin the paint
all the bitches was jockin, they look at us and faint
we done came to the top but niggas thought that we can't
mayne this lil'nigga trippin he done waste all the drank
on my brand new interior you know the leather and mink
but I'm way past freight so that ain't nothin to me
[Chorus - Webbie]
[Verse 3 - Mouse]
Now when I cut it up the H, you hear that boom, boom, bow, blam
I block around the club they be like ooohweee, godamn
everybody lookin tryna see who I am
cut that number nine on when I play that(?Tripbam?)
two supercharged amps with that air condition fan
the pipes sound good and the motor is a man
lil'mama wanna ride but I've sort of made plans
I gotta go get my cousin Dougie Fresh up out the can
then I'm goin' scoop Webbie, he goin to park the drop top
just got my '94 Caprice up out the chop shop
six pioneers mounted up in the block box
me and Chev fuckin give a fuck if a cop watch
old jams make them old folks wanna pop lock
check me if ya want get ya stupid ass glock popped
everywhere a nigga ride gotta be top knotch
we don't play a song up in that bitch if it ain't got knock
Six 12's
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Don't get me wrong, mouse and keyboard is, to me, the only way to play the game seriously (multiplayer, usually), however, sometimes I just like to sit back and enjoy myself. Enter: The Xbox 360 controller.
In almost any other modern game, I only need to have the controller plugged in to have it be recognised. Heck, in some of them, I have to remove it just to get access to mouse and keyboard controls. Worst case scenario, the pad control switch is in the options, and you only need to enable it to use a pad.
Mass Effect 3 seems to be missing out on this trend, though.
The controller does not seem to auto-detect or enable and I don't see a switch in the options. I really hope the answer to this is not Xpadder or joy2key, so I ask...
How do I enable the Xbox 360 control pad to work in the PC version of Mass Effect 3?


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Topic: Based off the Show Heroes (2006/2010)
This is a new chapter set 1 year after the end of the show. All living characters exist. Your character is allowed two powers, and nothinglike Peter Pertrelli, or Sylar so no absorbing powers from other people. Create your own back story and your characters story line, where he/she is from, and where they are presently. You can meet up with other players characters, but you are the only one entitled to kill your character. Lets just have fun with this and create some good story lines ... let us begin


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Does anybody here ever use a mala? I never use one for Zazen, which i keep traditional, but I often do use one for a weird kind of metta practice. The mala is 108 beads, and as I sit on my Zafu, I hold the mala with my left hand and touch each bead in turn with my right thumb and forefinger, one bead per breath. Touching the first bead, I tell myself, silently, "I inhale peace, I exhale anger." For the second bead, I inhale love and exhale hate. For the third, I inhale generosity and exhale greed. I repeat these three recitations 36 times, until I have run through the strand of beads.
I learned this from a Tibetan friend and i like the practice. but, is this compatible with Zen practice?


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Do you have questions about sex hormones or menstrual cycles? This is a crash-course in human reproductive health through fact and biology-based information on a variety of topics. "Sex 101" will cover reproductive anatomy, key biological changes during puberty, sexual biology and contraceptive methods, reproductive disorders, and a special introduction to the exciting field of Oncofertility. Specific lecture titles are as follows: 1) Reproductive Anatomy & Hormones, 2) Menstrual Cycle, Oocyte Maturation, & Sperm Activation, 3) Sexual Biology, Fertilization, & Contraception, and 4) Reproductive Health & Disorders.
The objective of this course is to ensure you understand reproductive health and not confuse reproduction with sex (or having sex). This course was designed with you in mind, and is aimed at providing you with quality information that is meaningful to you and that may be hard to find otherwise. Reproductive health is an area of knowledge that needs to be demystified. We have designed this course for you to examine reproduction through a biological and scientific lens addressing these issues in a comfortable and interactive format that will lead to a better understanding of holistic health, long-term.